County of Yuma v. Sturges
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Yuma. Frank Baxter, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFranklin, C. J.
The appellee is the treasurer of Yuma county. The term of offiee to which he was elected began on the fourteenth day of February, 1912, and will end on the thirty-first day of December, 1914. The compensation of appellee as such treasurer for the month of September, 1913, is the matter in dispute.
A public officer is entitled to the salary provided by law as an incident to the office. Unless the fundamental law places a limitation upon the law-making power, that power may regulate, alter, increase or diminish the compensation of such an officer at any time.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Puterbaugh v. WadhamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
3Cited by18 opinions
- State Ex Rel. MacK v. GuckenbergerOhio Supreme Court · 1942
- Hamilton v. FosterNebraska Supreme Court · 1951
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- Kilroy v. WhitmoreCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
- Board of Supervisors v. StephensArizona Supreme Court · 1918
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